Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits


Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Here's a really simple recipe for little nutty biscuits, combining hazelnuts with a double dose of chestnut flavour: flour and purée (crème de marrons).
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Last modified on: February 28th 2021

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For 80 pieces, you will need:
  • 1 flour 390 ml flour
  • 2 chestnut flour 390 ml chestnut flour
  • 3 butter 258 ml butter
  • 4 sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) 250 ml sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
  • 5 egg 2 eggs
  • 6 ground hazelnuts 60 ml ground hazelnuts

Change these quantities to make: 20 pieces 40 pieces 80 pieces 120 pieces
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
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31 min.1 hour30 min.2 hours 1 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 8 min.
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Sieve 390 ml flour and 390 ml chestnut flour together into a mixer bowl. Add 258 ml butter, 250 ml sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), 2 eggs and 60 ml ground hazelnuts.

Stage 2 - 4 min.
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Knead until the dough is evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 2 min.
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Transfer the dough onto a sheet of baking paper.

Stage 4 - 1 hour
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Lay a second sheet of baking paper on top and roll out the dough with a rolling pin to about 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick.

Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
After cooling to firm up the dough, put the dough back on the worktop, remove the top paper and dust with flour.

Stage 6 - 3 min.
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Flip the dough over onto the floured side and remove the other paper.

Stage 7 - 3 min.
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Finish rolling out the dough to the desired thickness.

Stage 8 - 8 min.
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Preheat the oven to 320°F (160°C).

Cut out in whatever shapes you like; here they are squares just over 1" inch (3 cm).

Stage 9
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet.

Stage 10
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
It is worth noting that while the dough is still cold, it is easy to mark it with letters or other designs.

Stage 11 - 30 min.
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 12
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
You can easily vary the quantity of chestnut flour, which has a slightly bitter flavour. If you reduce it, increase the wheat flour by the same amount to compensate.

The dough can be made the day before and refrigerated until needed.
Keeping
A few days in an air-tight jar or tin.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
4,445 Kcal or 18,610 Kj55 gr458 gr266 gr
222 %21 %43 %40 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
383 Kcal or 1,604 Kj5 gr39 gr23 gr
19 %2 %4 %3 %
Per piece
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
56 Kcal or 234 Kj1 gr6 gr3 gr
3 %<1 %1 %1 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Nuts
How much will it cost?
  • For 80 pieces : 8.58 €
  • Per piece : 0.11 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
ButterButter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rolls of fish in smoked ham, Potato purée , Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Spinach and Comté Loaf, ... All
Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Chestnut cake, Chestnut mousse in a whipper , Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears, ... All
FlourFlour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond mug cake for Mary, Chocolate and matcha tea biscuits, Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Peanut rolls, Chocolate sweetcrust pastry, ... All
Chestnut flourChestnut flour: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Clementines and chestnuts entremet, Chestnut cake, Cookies of the Camisards, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Corsican tarts, ... All
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